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1. A method comprising: presenting a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; providing an audible indication of the audible control, if the audible control is in focus; detecting an activation of the audible control by virtue of being configured to determine that the audible control is in focus, and determine that a designated key of a keyboard has been pressed; identifying a command associated with the activation of the audible control, wherein the interface is configured to identify the command using the mapping, the functional control is associated with a function, and the audible control is a non-functional control by virtue of being incapable of issuing the command; and in response to the activation of the audible control, causing the functional control to issue the command, wherein the issuance of the command causes the function to be performed, the performance of the function results in communication via a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels, and a media type of each of the plurality of communication channels is one of a plurality of media types.
2. The method of claim 1 further comprising: determining that a second audible control has obtained focus; and providing text for an audible message associated with the second audible control.
3. The method of claim 2 further comprising: providing a user an ability to navigate user interface using a keyboard; providing text for a second audible message in response to receiving a hot key activation, wherein the hot key is configured to associate a plurality of keys on the keyboard with the second audible control.
4. The method of claim 3 further comprising: accepting a user selection using a keyboard and a cursor.
5. The method of claim 4 wherein the user interface comprises a plurality of frames and the user can navigate from one frame to the next frame by depressing a tab key.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein each of the plurality of frames further comprises a plurality of controls and the user can navigate from one control to the next control by depressing the tab key.
7. The method of claim 6 wherein the depressing the tab key places a next control in focus and a screen reader reads text associated with the next control.
8. The method of claim 2 wherein said audible message further comprises a status of the second audible control which has obtained focus wherein the status comprises at least one of an enabled state, a disabled state, a blinking state, and a toggled state.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein when an element on the user interface blinks, a state of the element is changed to the blinking state and an audible sound is played to capture the user's attention.
10. The method of claim 1 further comprising: providing text for an audible message associated with the audible control.
11. The method of claim 1 further comprising: providing text for an audible message in response to a change of state of the audible control.
12. The method of claim 1 wherein the audible control is activated using a hot key.
13. The method of claim 1 further comprising: causing a state of the audible control to change in response to obtaining an event.
14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising in response to whether a user is visually impaired or not, presenting the user interface by changing the set of toolbars to account for the user being visually impaired.
15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: mapping a second audible control of a plurality of audible controls to a second functional control of a plurality of functional controls, wherein the functional toolbar comprises the plurality of functional controls, the functional controls comprise the functional control, the readable toolbar comprises the plurality of functional controls, and the plurality of audible controls comprise the audible control.
16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication is with a media-specific device coupled to the communication channel, and the media-specific device and the communication channel have the same media type.
17. A method comprising: presenting a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control, the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; receiving an incoming communication event; identifying a second functional control of the functional toolbar based on the incoming communication event, wherein the second functional control is identified using the mapping; and causing a state of the audible control of the user interface to change in response to the identifying of the second functional control.
18. The method of claim 17 further comprising: providing text for an audible message in response to the change in the state.
19. A user interface module comprising: a plurality of instructions, wherein the plurality of instructions comprise: presenting instructions to present a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control, the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; providing instructions to provide an audible indication of the audible control, if the audible control is in focus; detecting instructions to detect an activation of the audible control by virtue of being configured to determine that the audible control is in focus, and determine that a designated key of a keyboard has been pressed; identifying instructions to identify a command associated with the activation of the audible control, wherein the identifying instructions are configured to use the mapping to identify the command, the functional control is associated with a function, and the audible control is a non-functional control by virtue of being incapable of issuing the command; and issuing instructions to, in response to the activation of the audible control, cause the functional control to issue the command, wherein the issuance of the command causes the function to be performed, the performance of the function results in communication via a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels, and a media type of each of the plurality of communication channels is one of a plurality of media types; and a computer readable storage medium to store the plurality of instructions.
20. The user interface module of claim 19 further comprising: determining instructions to determine that a second audible control of the user interface has obtained focus; and providing instructions to provide text for an audible message associated with the second audible control.
21. The user interface module of claim 19 further comprising: providing instructions to provide text for an audible message associated with the audible control.
22. A user interface module comprising: a plurality of instruction, wherein the plurality of instructions comprise: presenting instructions to present a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control, the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; receiving instructions to receive an incoming communication event; identifying instruction to identify a second functional control of the functional toolbar based on the incoming communication event, wherein the second functional control is identified using the mapping; and causing instructions to cause a state of the audible control of the user interface presented by the user interface module to change in response to the identifying of the second functional control; and a computer readable storage medium to store the plurality of instructions.
23. The user interface module of claim 22 further comprising: providing instructions to provide text for an audible message in response to the change in the state.
24. A system comprising: a processor; a display coupled to the processor; a computer readable storage medium coupled to the processor; means for presenting a user interface displayed on the display, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control, the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; means for providing an audible indication of the audible control, if the audible control is in focus; means for detecting an activation of the audible control by virtue of being configured to determine that the audible control is in focus, and determine that a designated key of a keyboard has been pressed; means for identifying a command associated with the activation of the audible control, wherein the identifying means comprise using means for using the mapping to identify the command, the functional control is associated with a function, and the audible control is a non-functional control by virtue of being incapable of issuing the command; and means for, in response to the activation of the audible control, causing the functional control to issue the command, wherein the issuance of the command causes the function to be performed, the performance of the function results in communication via a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels, and a media type of each of the plurality of communication channels is one of a plurality of media types.
25. The system of claim 24 further comprising: means for determining that a second readable control has obtained focus; and means for providing text for an audible message associated with the second readable control.
26. The system of claim 24 further comprising: means for providing text for an audible message associated with the readable control.
27. A system comprising: means for identifying a second functional control of the functional toolbar based on the incoming communication event, wherein the second functional control is identified using the mapping; and means for causing a state of the audible control of the user interface to change in response to the identifying of the second functional control, means for presenting a user interface displayed on the display the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control, the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; means for receiving an incoming communication event; means for identifying a second functional control of the functional toolbar based on the incoming communication event, wherein the second functional control is identified using the mapping; and means for causing a state of the audible control of the user interface to change in response to the identifying of the second functional control.
28. The system of claim 27 further comprising: means for providing text for an audible message in response to the change in the state.
29. A computer program product comprising: presenting instructions to present a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control, the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; providing instructions to provide an audible indication of the audible control, if the audible control is in focus; detecting instructions to determine that an detect an activation of the audible control by virtue of being configured to determine that the audible control is in focus, and determine that a designated key of a keyboard has been pressed; identifying instructions to identify a command associated with activation of the audible control, wherein the identifying instructions comprise using instructions to use the mapping to identify the command, the functional control is associated with a function, and the audible control is a non-functional control by virtue of being incapable of issuing the command; and issuing instructions to cause the functional control to, in response to the activation of the audible control, cause the functional control to issue the command, wherein the issuance of the command causes the function to be performed, the performance of the function results in communication via a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels, and a media type of each of the plurality of communication channels is one of a plurality of media types; and a computer-readable storage medium to store the instructions.
30. The computer program product of claim 29 further comprising: second detecting instructions to detect that a second audible control has obtained focus; and second providing instructions to provide text for an audible message associated with the second audible control; wherein the computer-readable storage medium further stores the second detecting instructions and the second providing instructions.
31. The computer program product of claim 29 further comprising: second providing instructions to provide text for an audible message associated with the audible control; wherein the computer-readable storage medium further stores the second providing instructions.
32. A computer program product comprising: presenting instruction to present a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control, the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; receiving instructions to receive an incoming communication event identifying instruction to identify a second functional control of the functional toolbar based on the incoming communication event, wherein the second functional control is identified using the mapping; and causing instructions to cause a state of the audible control of the user interface presented by the user interface module to change in response to the identifying of the second functional control; and a computer-readable storage medium to store the causing instructions and the identifying instructions.
33. The computer program product of claim 32 further comprising: providing instructions to provide text for an audible message in response to the change in the state; wherein the computer-readable storage medium further stores the second providing instructions.
34. A computer system comprising: a processor for executing computer instructions; and a memory storing the computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions comprise: presenting instructions to present a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control, the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; providing instructions to provide an audible indication of the audible control, if the audible control is in focus; detecting instructions to detect activation of the audible control by virtue of being configured to determine that the audible control is in focus, and determine that a designated key of a keyboard has been pressed; identifying instructions to identify a command associated with the activation of the audible control, wherein the identifying instructions comprise using instructions to use the mapping to identify the command, the functional control is associated with a function, and the audible control is a non-functional control by virtue of being incapable of issuing the command; and issuing instructions to, in response to the activation of the audible control, cause the functional control to issue the command, wherein the issuance of the command causes the function to be performed, the performance of the function results in communication via a communication channel of the plurality of communication channels, and a media type of each of the plurality of communication channels is one of a plurality of media types.
35. The computer system of claim 34 wherein the computer instructions further comprise: second detecting instructions to determine that a second audible control has obtained focus; and second providing instructions to provide text for an audible message associated with the second audible control.
36. The computer system of claim 34 wherein the computer instructions further comprise: second providing instructions to provide text for an audible message associated with the audible control.
37. A computer system comprising: a processor for executing computer instructions; a memory storing the computer instructions, wherein the computer instructions comprise: presenting instructions to present a user interface, wherein the user interface comprises a set of toolbars, wherein the set of toolbars comprises a functional toolbar, and a readable toolbar, the readable toolbar is associated with an image-based toolbar, the functional toolbar comprises a functional control, the readable toolbar comprises an audible control, the user interface further comprises a mapping between the audible control and the functional control, and the user interface is configured to support communication via a plurality of communication channels; receiving instructions to receive an incoming communication event identifying instruction to identifying a second functional control of the functional toolbar based on the incoming communication event, wherein the second functional control is identified using the mapping; and causing instructions to cause a state of the audible control of the user interface to change in response to the identifying of the second functional control.
38. The computer system of claim 37 wherein the computer instructions further comprise: providing instructions to provide text for an audible message in response to the change in the state.
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March 2, 2010
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